ARMED FORCES: The Mindszenty Treatment

The Navy seemed unable to silence truculent Captain John G. Crommelin,
but it could at least slow him down. Airman Crommelin, told to stop
denouncing unification and the "Prussian-minded" Department of Defense, had disobeyed. Last week Chief
of Naval Operations Forrest Sherman ordered him placed on indefinite
furlough at half pay, beginning next month. The order, by stripping
Crommelin of his flight pay and allowances, will reduce his monthly
paycheck from $1,041.75 to $334.87. Obviously the Navy hoped Crommelin
would take the hint and leave active service: he was eligible to retire
at $452.08 a month,...